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Primary Care

Specialties & Services

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Primary Care

Specialties & Services

We are currently experiencing a technical issue that is impacting our ability to receive faxes. As a result, clinical documentation and prescription requests sent via fax may not be received. Our team is actively working to resolve the issue as quickly as possible, though we do not yet have an estimated time for resolution. In the meantime, we encourage patients to use the patient portal for prescription refill requests or to call your primary care provider for any urgent needs. We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your understanding as we work to restore our systems.

Joana Kang, MD

Internist

location pill

Portland

Credentials

Undergraduate Education

Illinois Wesleyan University

Medical School

Saint Louis University School of Medicine

Residency

Mayo Clinic (Rochester, Minn.)

Certification

American Board of Internal Medicine

Member

American Medical Association American College of Physicians

I am very excited to practice primary care at InterMed.

 

I did my internal medicine residency at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, and I worked as a hospitalist for six years prior to joining InterMed. During my residency training, I was drawn to the fast-paced, high-acuity medicine in the hospital setting.

 

While I gained invaluable knowledge from managing acutely ill patients with multiple complex medical issues, I felt that by the time the patient was hospitalized, it was often too late for us to intervene and make meaningful changes to their long-term outcomes and health trajectories.

 

I switched to primary care to develop deeper, long-lasting relationships with patients and families with the goal of prevention and early intervention to improve long-term health.

 

The most rewarding aspect of medicine for me has always been education by committing to lifelong learning, educating students and trainees and counseling patients and their families. I look forward to developing long-term relationships that will allow me to educate, empower and support patients as they navigate their healthcare journeys.

 

Outside of work, my husband and I keep busy chasing around our young daughter and taking advantage of the beautiful outdoors that Maine has to offer. We love hiking, and a bucket list item is to hike the entire Kalalau trail in Kauai as a family one day.